# limousine
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicīnus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌlɪməˈziːn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

limousine (plural limousines)
* An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
* An automobile with such a body. [from 1902]
    Synonym: limo (slang)
* A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]
    Synonym: limo (slang)
** 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
* An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses. [from 1959]
    Synonym: shuttle

#### Derived terms

* limo
* limousine liberal
* limousinelike
* stretch limousine

#### Translations
### Further reading

* limousine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “limousine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

Borrowed from French limousine or English limousine.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

limousine (plural limousines)
* limousine (luxury sedan)
    Synonym: limo

#### Derived terms

* limo

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French limousine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌli.muˈzi.nə/
* (colloquial) IPA: /ˌli.moːˈzi.nə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: li‧mou‧si‧ne
* Rhymes: -inə

### Noun

limousine f (plural limousines)
* limousine (luxury sedan)
    Synonym: limo

#### Derived terms

* limo

## French
### Etymology

From the name of the former French region Limousin, from Limoges. The naming of the car is sometimes attributed to Limoges-born engineer Charles Jeantaud.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /li.mu.zin/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)

### Noun

limousine f (plural limousines)
* (fashion) traditional woolen cloak from Haute-Vienne
* (automotive) limousine, luxury car
    Synonym: berline
* (zoology) limousin (cattle breed)

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: limousine
* → English: limousine
* → German: Limousine
* → Portuguese: limusine, limusina, limousine
* → Russian: лимузи́н (limuzín) (see there for further descendants)
* → Turkish: limuzin

### Adjective

limousine
* feminine singular of limousin

### References

* ↑ Etymology and history of “limousine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043942/http://www.tv5monde.com/cms/chaine-francophone/lf/Merci-Professeur/p-17081-Berline-et-limousine.htm

### Further reading

* “limousine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French limousine.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /li.muˈzĩ.ni/
* (Brazil) IPA: /li.muˈzĩ.ni/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /li.muˈzi.ne/
* (Portugal) IPA: /li.muˈzi.nɨ/
* Hyphenation: li‧mou‧si‧ne

### Noun

limousine f (plural limousines)
* Alternative spelling of limusine

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* limousin

### Noun

limousine c
* a limousine (luxury sedan)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | limousine | limousines |
| singular | definite | limousinen | limousinens |
| plural | indefinite | limousiner | limousiners |
| plural | definite | limousinerna | limousinernas |

### References

* limousine in Svensk ordbok (SO)